Chapter 12- Crusader (Part 2)
The man's whole presence was like a huge meteor falling on the whole area and crushing everything that got near it. Akio was sadly one of the unlucky ones that to experience that firsthand. His throat was clogged as if he was being suffocated without even being touched by someone.
Squinting his eyes as he fought this mysterious power, he looked at the man with a fearful and wary gaze. There was something so eerily wrong with him that Akio couldn't comprehend it at all. Just a mere look at him would make Akio want to run away as fast as possible without caring about anything else.
This weird instinctual desire only confused Akio even more. How can a human exude such a feeling and invoke it into him without even trying?
*Swish*
Meanwhile, on the other side, the giant monster started moving again as it stood up. The violent storm had taken it by surprise and made it fly back and smash into the ground, breaking numerous houses in the process.
Its eerie black eyes that could absorb one's soul with a mere glance stared at its new opponent with apprehensive eyes. It couldn't comprehend how such a puny human could do such a thing to it.
On the other hand, the man stood motionless, with a casual posture that didn't show any kind of wariness from the monster at all. His face hidden by the darkness of the night looked so solemn yet also weirdly tranquil.
Then, out of nowhere, he opened his mouth and said in a casual manner as if he was conversing with a friend.
"You are fucking loud. Dammit, it's 3 AM for the sake of the gods. Can't I have my beauty sleep in peace?" He said as he shoved his finger in his ear, most likely searching for some wax stuck there.
The annoyed, lazy tone was not even loud yet somehow, it reached even Akio who was standing quite far away from him. That alone made the boy frown even harder. The man had seemingly done something physically impossible with clear ease.
Seeing that, the creature felt outraged by this disrespectful behavior.
*BAM*
Without waiting, it quickly charged toward the man. With each step it took, it created a giant crater in the ground.
In less than 2 seconds, it reached the man and smashed down with its giant claw-like hands. Its movements were swift, decisive, and ruthless. The sheer speed it showed was flabbergasting, to say the least.
A creature with that huge of a frame should normally never be able to have such high agility. Yet, here it is, happening right in front of Akio's eyes.
*BOOOOOM*
The hand hit the ground, destroying a huge chunk of it in one moment. Huge rocks and debris flew everywhere in a chaotic mess. Akio had to jump to the side to avoid a rock that was flying right toward him. Luckily, the suffocating feeling seemingly lessened considerably when the monster attacked so he was able to move to a certain extent.
A huge cloud of dust errupted from where the hit landed and was quickly swept away by the raging wind.
When everything turned clear again, the monster lifted its hand to check on the dead corpse of the disrespectful human. However, instead, all that the monster found were the remains of the broken road.
Confusion flashed in the monster's eyes for a second before a weird hunch attacked its instincts and made it turn around. Much to its horror, there, on its shoulder, stood the man with his hands in his pockets.
"*Yawn* my eyes are heavy, you know. I don't like fighting when it's time to sleep. Sleep is important. It's the way we can get detached from this shitty world and I hate anyone who dares to rob me of that solace!" The man's casual voice turned colder and colder. His eyes turned sharper as the crushing pressure came down on the monster. Its arms bent down as it stumbled visibly before quickly regaining its balance and extending its arm to grab the man again.
*BAM*
Because of its lack of intelligence, the strength used in this simple yet ruthless action wasn't controlled by any means. The monster's savage instincts were raging.
"Tsk, tsk… Too slow and too weak." The same nonchalant voice echoed in the whole area again a second later.
'How did he?!' Akio's eyes widened in sheer shock. He could swear he didn't see the man even move a muscle before he got supposedly hit. Yet, somehow, every time, he would be able to move quickly and end up somewhere else.
"Ok, let's end this quickly. I still have 2 hours and 57 minutes of sleep if I go back now." Rubbing the back of his head, the man's silhouette disappeared again under Akio's focused eyes.
In a fit of panic, the monster looked around it frantically, it didn't understand how this human was able to easily evade its attacks but it was now labeled as a 'big threat' in the monster's mind.
Then, out of nowhere, a loud explosion shook Akio off his balance. Falling down, Akio kept watching with an even more interested look as the monster's neck was yanked back as if it go punched in the chin by a bulldozer.
The hit was so strong that the creature's whole body backflipped. It ended up falling on its back violently as debris launched everywhere due to the monster's crushing weight. Looking closely, Akio could see the huge dent that appeared on the creature's chin. The bones there were pulverized and turned into dust and blood seeped out of the place of the hit like a torrent.
After that, right on top of the monster's stomach, the man appeared again as if nothing happened. He looked down at the creature from above casually as if what he did was an everyday thing that wasn't worthy of admiration.
He was akin to a death reaper looking down fondly at his work. However, that fondness was quickly killed by a loud yawn.
"Never hunt down people around this time. It will end up making you the prey." The man said before he lifted his left leg in the air and then…
*BANG* *SPLASH*
He smashed it down on the monster's body casually. As much as the hit wasn't even that strong visibly, the results it showed were nothing short of nightmarish.
The monster's stomach was bent back like a piece of thin metal smashed with a hammer in the middle. The ground was dug even deeper as a huge crater appeared under the monster. Then, from beneath the monster, blood, organs and all kinds of disgusting things came out leaking and seeping into the ground. The monster's eyes widened in pure shock as it stared at the man, breathing its last breaths as its soul seeped out of its body.
However, as shocked as it was by its sudden, brutal death, the monster didn't seem to have given up yet. Out of nowhere, its mouth opened wide, and an ear-piercing screech emanated from it.
For a second, the whole place shook violently from the airwaves coming from the scream.
"AAAAAGHHHH!!" Akio held his ears as he felt his mind going numb with hellish pain. The sound was well over whatever his ears could handle. All he could do is
bend down and close his ears with his hands as much as possible. His face twisted and contorted with pain.
'W-What the hell… Ugh… is this?!'
He thought that these monsters were not capable of making any sounds. Yet, here he was, suffering the hellish consequences of their cries.
'I-I'm going… to lose my hearing!!'